Somalia: Japan Props Pre-Election Security

Somalilandsun- Over 200 Somalia police officers have received have been imparted with skills that facilitate conducive handling of both security and public related issues in Somalia.According to a UNDP tweet 250 police officers from #Banadir region were trained on Election Security to safeguard the Somalia election process with the support of the Japanese Governent

In Somalia where an over 20,000 force of foreign troops are battling an insurgency by Al-Shabaab the Japanese training comes as a complement of the AMISOM , the African Mission Exit strategy slated to begin in late 2018